After 13 years: Ford and Mitec settle a legal dispute over a component

After 13 years: Ford and Mitec settle a legal dispute over a component

After 13 years of legal dispute, the auto company Ford and its now insolvent Thuringian ex-supplier Mitec have reached a settlement. Mitec founder Michael Militzer and a regional representative of IG Metall confirmed one on Sunday Report of the “Welt am Sonntag”. According to Militzer, it is about ten million euros that Ford will pay … Read more

Incumbent Wolfram wins district election in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district

Incumbent Wolfram wins district election in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district

Incumbent Marko Wolfram won the district election in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district on Sunday. The SPD politician received 58.5 percent of the vote. The CDU candidate Maik Kowalleck (23.7 percent) and the AfD candidate Brunhilde Nauer (17.8 percent) came second and third. The turnout was 42.4 percent. – Under strict hygiene requirements, around 85,000 people were called … Read more

“Castle lord” wanted: District election in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district on June 28th

“Castle lord” wanted: District election in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district on June 28th

Despite the corona pandemic will be on Sunday a new district administrator was elected in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district. Strict hygiene measures apply in the polling stations. The more than 89,000 eligible voters can choose between three candidates: incumbent Marko Wolfram (SPD) competes against the Landtag MP Maik Kowalleck (CDU) and Brunhilde Nauer from the AfD. … Read more

After attack on police officers in Apolda: arrest warrant against perpetrators issued

After attack on police officers in Apolda: arrest warrant against perpetrators issued

After the attack on a police officer in Apolda, the 39-year-old suspected perpetrator has to be put into custody. The judge at the district court in Erfurt issued the arrest warrant for attempted murder, the police in Jena said on Sunday. – The man is accused of running over a police officer in Apolda on … Read more

Suspect caught in Apolda after police attack

Suspect caught in Apolda after police attack

The police caught the 39-year-old man he had been looking for since Thursday who had attacked a police officer in Apolda. The man had noticed officials on Saturday afternoon in Jena-Closewitz. The heavily dehydrated perpetrator was apparently on his way to his apartment. The accused is to be brought before a judge on Sunday. – … Read more

JD Norman shuts down plants – hundreds of jobs in Thuringia are lost

JD Norman shuts down plants – hundreds of jobs in Thuringia are lost

Difficult search for investors in bankruptcy Bankruptcy administrator Holger Leichtle was looking for an investor for the two plants on the Kindel and in Witzenhausen in Hesse for around nine months. The starting position was difficult: a company that mainly produces engine parts for classic combustion engines had to survive the structural change towards electromobility. … Read more